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Learn how to set up a custom route in ASP.NET MVC for your HomeController, ensuring cleaner URLs for your blog search functionality.
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How to Define a Custom Route in HomeController of ASP.NET MVC

When developing web applications with ASP.NET MVC, you might encounter the need to define custom routes to enhance the URLs of your application. This can be especially evident when you want your application to be more user-friendly and SEO-friendly. In this guide, we will address a common issue: how to define a custom route in your HomeController, specifically for the BlogSearch action.

The Problem

You have a form that submits search requests for guides. However, the resulting URL when the form is submitted appears as:

Home/BlogSearch/?searchKeyword=Lorem

Instead, you want it to look like this for better clarity:

/blogs/blogsearch?searchKeyword=text

More organized and descriptive URLs can significantly improve the usability of your web application.

A Step-by-Step Solution

To achieve the desired URL structure, follow these steps:

1. Update the Form Action

First, you must modify the HTML form to point to the new route instead of the default action. Open your form and change the action attribute as follows:

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This change ensures that the form submits data to the correct URL endpoint that you want.

2. Define the Custom Route

Next, in your RouteConfig.cs, you will want to define a custom route. Open your routing configuration and add the following piece of code:

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This route maps the URL /blogs/blogsearch to the BlogSearch action in your HomeController. By doing so, whenever a user accesses this URL, the correct controller and action will be invoked.

3. Update the BlogSearch Action

Your BlogSearch method in HomeController should also utilize the attribute routing enhancement. Add the route attribute above the method like so:

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This ensures that your action method can be invoked directly using the specified URL structure.

Conclusion

By following the above steps, you can effectively create a cleaner and more user-friendly URL for your blog search functionality in an ASP.NET MVC application. Not only does this enhance the overall aesthetic of the URLs, but it can also improve SEO aspects and user experience.

Feel free to adapt these principles to other actions and controllers in your application as needed!

If you have any further questions or need assistance, feel free to leave a comment below. Happy coding!